Last week, the gold spot price rallied 2.13% with a weakening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) jumped 2.33% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were higher, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX gold...

Last week, the gold spot price declined 0.24% with a strengthening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) lost 0.51% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were lower, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX gold...

Last week, the gold spot price declined 1.35% with a strengthening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) lost 1.33% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were flat, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX gold...

Last week, the gold spot price declined 1.74% with a strengthening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) lost 1.92% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were flat, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX gold...

Last week, the gold spot price declined 1.96% with a strengthening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) lost 2.04% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were lower, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX gold...

Last week, the gold spot price jumped 1.61% with a weakening U.S. Dollar Index. The Gold Bullion Strategy Fund (QGLDX) rose 1.58% for the week. The prices of short-duration fixed-income ETF holdings were slightly higher, on average, last week. The value of the COMEX...

Everything in the newsletter pertains to strategies available on our Strategic Solutions platform at Trust Company of America. The same strategies are implemented on many other products: mutual funds, variable annuity, variable life and retirement platforms. Therefore, we expect the strategic discussion may be of interest to you. Note, however, that since these products have their own subaccount and fund universes and different internal expenses, the results and trading of the same strategy on other platforms may differ substantially from those described herein.

In My Opinion - Managed Retirement Plan Participants:

Most of you are managed using Lifetime Evolution and our sub-advised funds, so those topics will be most applicable to your account. But, more and more of you are in plans using Market Leaders. If so, that newsletter section may interest you.